It says a lot about a community when it chooses to save a 100-year-old playhouse, recognizing the importance of the arts as well as the historic structures in their community, and is able to raise $4 million for the project. We were blessed to attend the “Encore Performance” of the refurbished Waterville Opera House and were more than impressed by the building improvements, the performances and the strong support for this important institution.

A STUDY IN SHERLOCK: STORIES INSPIRED BY THE HOLMES CANON Edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger Bantam Books, 2011 385 pages, $15 ISBN 978-0-8129-8246-6 No other fictional detective has been written about more than Sherlock Holmes, the famous “consulting detective” created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) in the late 1800s.  Doyle’s […]

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